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Phillip Patton
 Post subject: Number 6 getting close
PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:43 pm 
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I actually started this one several months ago, and decided to let it wait while I finished some less expensive guitars. This is the first one I paid much money for the materials. Usually I use cedar and mahogany from Menards. :D

This one is EIR from Grizzly, Sitka top, desert ironwood bindings, headstock veneer, fingerboard, end graft, and bridge. Zipflex purfling, front and back.

The fingerboard is bound with rosewood. My first bound fingerboard.

Gold fret wire. The tuners will be gold.

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Today I finished sanding the back and sides. Now I'm going to try using shellac to pore fill.

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Also shaped the neck:

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Beautiful!! Can't wait to see it finished. Really like your use of the shell, big fan of the small ring in the rosette. Tell me how you liked working with Zipflex. I'm thinking about ordering some to use on a future guitar I'm designing.

Keep up the good work.
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Beautiful!! Can't wait to see it finished. Really like your use of the shell, big fan of the small ring in the rosette. Tell me how you liked working with Zipflex. I'm thinking about ordering some to use on a future guitar I'm designing.

Keep up the good work.



Thanks Jeremy!
I love working with the Zipflex. It is expensive, but worth it in the time saved. My only complaint is the engineered breaks every 1/8". Not too noticeable though if you're more than a foot or so away.

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Today I located and masked the bridge, masked the fingerboard, and started spraying. [:Y:]

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beautiful work

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nickton wrote:
beautiful work


Thanks! It's all sprayed now and hanging in my closet. Should have finished pictures in a few weeks. bliss

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That looks flawless to me, and mighty tasty wood choices throughout, too. I'll be lined up with everyone else to see pics after it's polished out and strung up. Congratulations.
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I love that desert ironwood. It looks great! I always wanted to try it but thought it was too heavy...What are your thoughts? Can't wait to see the final pics! [clap]
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Wow, looks great!
Nice proportions in the upper bout.
I really, really, love the shape of the bridge. Oh ya. I gonna steal that fer sure!
Can't wait to see the finished product
(I bet you can't wait to hear the finished product.....)
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Very clean work. I love the shell purfling. Well done :)

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Mitch Johnson wrote:
I love that desert ironwood. It looks great! I always wanted to try it but thought it was too heavy...What are your thoughts? Can't wait to see the final pics! [clap]


Mitch,
The ironwood is very heavy, but probably no worse than ebony. Using it for the accent pieces like I am won't make the guitar too heavy, I don't think. It is gorgeous though... Bit of a pain to work with. Failure rate of the binding was fairly high. Takes a great polish, as the pics of the bridge show.

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Thursday I wet sanded this one. I'm not real happy with the finish, though it probably is the best so far.

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The bridge after buffing:

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Got the bridge glued on today:

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The rosette:

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Also glued the fingerboard/neck on:

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The tuners installed:

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And while the glue is curing, I got the saddle and nut ready to start setting the action:

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That looks really nice Philip.

Cool bridge shape.

Your finish turned out pretty good from here [:Y:]

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Rod True wrote:
That looks really nice Philip.

Cool bridge shape.

Your finish turned out pretty good from here [:Y:]


Thanks Rod!
The finish looks good in the photos, but in person, there are some definite flaws. Hopefully nothing I can't fix though.

Here's the last of the in-process pics, and some finished pictures, but I'll try to take some more in better lighting:

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It's not 100% done, I have to finish the nut, fine tune the action, and fix those cosmetic blemishes, but it is playable, and sounds great!

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Well, I was just going through some folders on my computer, and found some pics of the bracing I forgot I had. So here they are:

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And yes, I did cap the the X before closing the box. ;)

This is by far the best sounding guitar I've made. I hope I can duplicate it. :mrgreen:

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Nicely done Philip. Really like the look of the bridge. I hope it sounds beautiful.

Thanks for sharing. [:Y:]
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Beautiful guitar! What kind of Zipflex is that and what size? Paua Blue?

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Beautiful guitar! What kind of Zipflex is that and what size? Paua Blue?

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Thanks!
Yes, this is the blue paua, and I think it's the .064" size.

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It looks thicker than the Rossette so you are probably correct on the 0.064" size.

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Phillip - Great work! You have raised the bar for the rest of us! Any chance of a sound file?

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MetalOne72 wrote:
It looks thicker than the Rossette so you are probably correct on the 0.064" size.

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Yep, I've checked, and it was the .064". I wouldn't go wider with Zipflex because of the really tight bend at the waist.

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